lamp; lamp-stand

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Object Type: lamp; lamp-stand
Museum number: 1850,0719.1
Description: Lamp and stand; bronze; the stand has a baluster stem with expanding tripod base, and thick disc with grooved edge below the spike; the lamp has a long neck and low foot pierced with a square hole for the spike; the handle consists of two spirals united at the top by an ornamental finial, the ends below terminating in discs; from the central disc rises a cross patée; the circular hole for filling is covered by a conical lid with double hinge.
Cultures/periods: Early Byzantine
Production date: 6thC-7thC
Production place: Made in: Egypt (?)
Materials: bronze
Technique: pierced
Dimensions: Height: 19.60 centimetres (lamp); Height: 30.50 centimetres (stand); Length: 17.90 centimetres (lamp)
Bibliographic references: Dalton 1901 / Catalogue of Early Christian Antiquities and Objects from the Christian East in the Department of British and Medieval Antiquities and Ethnography of the British Museum (495); Buckton 1994 / Byzantium: Treasures of Byzantine art and culture from British collections (119); Lamp / Catalogue of the Lamps in the British Museum (Q3922MLA) (lamp-stand); Ward 1993 / Islamic Metalwork (fig.45); Xanthopoulou 2010 / Les lampes en bronze à l’époque paléochrétienne (LA 3.195, CD 7.021)
Location: On display (G42/dc3)
Subjects: cross
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Harry Osborn Cureton
Acquisition date: 1850
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1850,0719.1
Conservation: Conservation: 04/05/2018

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